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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 3137059, member: 68&quot;]I believe the clads are ridiculously cheap.</p><p><br /></p><p>Almost all of them are scarcer than any of the post-1949 silver quarters but more importantly many of them are highly elusive in Gem and some are even tough in nice chBU.&nbsp; The only reason it isn&#039;t apparent is very few people collect them and many who do are principally just filling holes.&nbsp; The reality is masked as well by the fact the services grade some issues like the &#039;69-P and allow chicken scratching even on high grade.&nbsp; The way they grade &#039;82-P&#039;s is a joke.&nbsp; Coins that are poorly struck from worn dies can get high grades so long as they are free of marking.&nbsp; Most of the MS-64 and higher of this date are poorly struck from worn dies and many are ugly.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not apparent how scarce the clads are because they are perceived to be too common to collect; with no demand the lack of supply can&#039;t be seen. </p><p><br /></p><p>But this is changing and people are starting to collect the clads.&nbsp; Many are collecting them right from circulation and this is part of the reason that they are seen less and less often.&nbsp; Whether it&#039;s three years or ten years before all the nice attractive old eagle reverse quarters disappear from circulation doesn&#039;t really matter.&nbsp; As they disappear there will be the perception they are getting scarce and then clads will be collected.&nbsp; We&#039;ll find out if I&#039;m right about how scarce these coins really are. </p><p><br /></p><p>By the way I believe the &#039;82-P is scarcer in true Gem condition (clean and well struck by good dies) than the &#039;32-D or even (probably) the &#039;36-D.&nbsp; While there are some truly attractive (chGem) &#039;69-P&#039;s they will be truly scarce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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